It is the first colloom squid filmed in the deep sea – and it is a child!
During a recent campaign, a collal squid was shot for the first time in its natural habitat near South Sandwich Islands, and it turned out to be a child.
The first confirmation of the colloxal squid live observation (Mesonichotuthis haemilton)) During a major campaign by a census of the Nippon Foundation-Lefton Ocean at the South Sandwich Islands of remotely in the South Atlantic Ocean, it was taken by a distant vehicle substyan to its natural habitat. Squed is a child who is about one foot tall.
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A unconscious fluttering audience, first rarely appears between sea ice bits that falls into slow speed, the deep-configure turned out to be zero. The pilot of the underwater robot brought the creature to the center of the frame, giving scientists to scientists on a ship on the sea surface. Most of its transparent, spotted domes were placed at the top with wings, fluttering like small wings, and its tent was drawn under it, towards its glowing red undercarges.
There was a little fanfare – just a few minutes of calm, almost revered observation. But the encounter, 100 years in making, first marked a huge square (Mesonichotuthis haemilton) Was ever caught on the film in his natural habitat.
“It is one of the true veterans of the planet, living in one of our oldest maritime ecosystems,” said Kat Bolsta, an associate professor of the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, who helped freely identify the creature with footage. “It is a source of attraction and surprise, and it also plays a big role in the Antarctic food webs.”
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Scientists ships on the research vessel of Schmid Ocean Institute Four (too) The remote, deserted South Sandwich in the South Atlantic Ocean saw a huge squid below the surface near the surface about 2,000 feet. These Levithans can be about 23 feet long and weigh more than 1,000 pounds – shorter, but much more stockiers, compared to giant squad (Arcituthis dax), Which increases about 43 feet long and 600 pounds. The film was occupied by the colloxal squid, however, measured only one leg length.
The chief scientist of the campaign, Michel Taylor of the University of Essex in England, said during a press conference, “We filmed it because it was beautiful and unusual, and then we came down in a way that came down all the ways to dive, which was focusing on the rest of the dives.” It was not until a few days later, when the team heard from some glass squad experts, the researchers fully felt the importance of observation.
Although people know about the existence of collosal squids from a century, animals were found mainly between the stomach contents of whales and sebers, successfully developed human eyes in their natural habitat.
“Most of our scientific and filming gear is noisy and bright, so squad would know about our equipment long ago, before we know they are there – and they will stay away well,” Bolstad says. “The dark sea is a huge 3D location, and is difficult to look for specific animals, especially when they are probably actively trying to avoid us!” Scientists still do not know much about what these frugal beings eat, how long they live or what are their reproductive symptoms.
“It is very amazing to receive a teenager footage at a press conference at a press conference.” Scientists know that collosal squids are born small, and some adult samples are preserved in collections, but their time is not well understood between those steps. “So to see such a midrange shape for us, a hatching and an adult, really exciting because it gives us the opportunity to fill some of those missing puzzles pieces that is for the history of this very mysterious and esoter animal.”
Many other strange encounters came to see, including one Grenadier fish with parasitic pigtA Pinetlaic anemoneA carnivorous sponge that resembles dandelion And Cesian CoralSo far and undivided in an area, it is no surprise that strange and amazing discoveries emerge – and each new discovery provides valuable insight into a world that science is still beginning to understand.
The observation of the collosal squad gives us the opportunity to learn about this distant place, “says Bolstad,” and to share the stimulation of such discoveries with people who cannot think of deep sea very often – even if it makes a place to live 95 percent on Earth and plays a big role in regulating our climate. ,
And it is expected that one day the researchers will catch the vision of a big squid. “Finally, when we see adults, we will get footage of very big people.” “They will have impressive hooks; they will be big and luxurious. There will be a lot of monster propaganda about them. But in this case, we meet the live colloid squid for the world as this beautiful, small, delicate animal that highlights the grandeur of a lot of deep seas.”
